Free Window-Eyes 8.4 Released with Improved Skype Support, New Voices

Users of Window-Eyes now have access to a new version, version 8.4. The update can be downloaded for free for anyone who has a copy of Window-Eyes 8.0 or later. Some of the new features include better Skype integration and access to three new speech synthesizers. The new synthesizers are eSpeak, Microsoft Speech, and Vocalizer Expressive voices. If you use the iPhone, then you are already familiar with a number of the Vocalizer voices. These voices can be purchased by language for $59 or for $95, users can purchase all of the voices.

For the past three years Alena has been a feature writer for the online magazine
Matilda Ziegler. She has also been a contractor for the Oregon Commission for the
Blind, helping blind adults learn to use adaptive technology. She is studying to
be a teacher of the visually impaired at Portland State. You might also recognize
her from the Serotalk podcast Triple Click Home.